Seat vs. Sit

Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on

To rest with the torso vertical and the body supported on the buttocks.

The part on which one rests in sitting

To rest with the hindquarters lowered onto a supporting surface. Used of animals.

A place in which one may sit

To perch. Used of birds.

The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right

To cover eggs for hatching; brood.

The buttocks.

To be situated or located

The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.

To lie or rest

A part serving as the base of something else.

To pose for an artist or photographer.

The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.

To occupy a seat as a member of a body of officials

The place where something is located or based

To be in session.

A center of authority; a capital

To remain inactive or unused

A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate

To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh

Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.

To fit, fall, or drape in a specified manner

The manner of sitting on a horse

To be agreeable to one; please

To place in or on a seat.

Chiefly British To take an examination, as for a degree.

To cause or assist to sit down

To blow from a particular direction. Used of the wind.

To provide with a particular seat

To keep watch or take care of a child.

To have or provide seats for

To cause to sit; seat

To install in a position of authority or eminence.

To keep one's seat on (an animal)

To fix firmly in place

To sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.

To rest on or fit into another part

To provide seating accommodation for

Something to be sat upon.

The act of sitting.

A place in which to sit.

A period of time spent sitting.

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

The way in which an article of clothing, such as a dress or jacket, fits.

A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.

To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

To move oneself into such a position.

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

To occupy a given position.

(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

A location or site.

(government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

(figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.

Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

The location of a governing body.

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.

(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

To be adjusted; to fit.

A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.

To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.

(transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.

(historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

To babysit.

The starting point of a fire.

To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

(transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

(transitive) To provide with a place to sit.

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

(transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

(mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.

(transitive) To assign the seats of.

An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; - said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.

To rest; to lie down.

To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

(transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.

To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; - used impersonally.

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

To hold a session; to be in session for official business; - said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; - used reflexively.

To fix; to set firm.

To suit (well or ill); to become.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

Be standing; be upright;

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

Sit around, often unused;

To rest; to lie down.

Take a seat

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);

Be in session;

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;

Furniture that is designed for sitting on;

Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit);

Work or act as a baby-sitter;

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Show to a seat; assign a seat for;

The cloth covering for the buttocks;

Show to a seat; assign a seat for;

Be able to seat;

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

Put a seat on a chair

Provide with seats;